St. Alban’s 80th Anniversary Music Celebration

Monday evening saw a really wonderful event at St. Alban’s Church; as part of the 80th anniversary celebrations, children from our school, Bassett Green and Cantell took part in a concert for parents.
It was a wonderful way to celebrate the talent and hard work of our children; the choir, violins,
cellist and woodwind performers all rose the occasion and produced a wonderful experience for all the audience. My thanks to the children for this fantastic experience, but also to Mrs Terraz, Mr Oliver, Mrs Green, Mrs Porter and Mrs Hunting both for giving up their time to come along and enable the children to take part in the event, and also for their hard work and dedication in getting the children to the very high standards that they have reached.

www.mathletics.co.uk

WOW! Congratulations to Year 4 for scoring a massive 51, 045 participation points on Mathletics at the end of last half term. This was more than Year 6's previous record of 44, 545 participation points during SATs week. 

Can they be beaten? The challenge is on! 

Amongst us we speak over twenty different languages here at Swaythling School and like to celebrate our cultural diversity as often as we can with assemblies, displays and competitions.  Today saw the three winners of the 'words from different languages' competition presented with their prizes in assembly.  Their pictures will go up on our languages display in the main corridor of school.

Spring Music Concert at Swaythling

This afternoon we heard from the choir and musicians at Swaythling School as they formed an informal ensemble to showcase their talents and the progress they have made this term.  The half hour concert, enjoyed by an audience of parents and children, was the culmination of a lot of practice and an afternoon's workshop.  Following the concert was a cake sale which raised money to sponsor some of the lessons next year.

The Big Pedal a Big Success at Swaythling School

We are almost at the end of a very successful three weeks of The Big Pedal.  Last Wednesday, 13th,  we had a well attended Bikers' Breakfast - our best yet with 26 children and 2 parents.  The Bike Doctor was here that day too and serviced 28 bikes and scooters.  By this Wednesday; 20th March we will have finished the course and know our overall position.

OPEN

Yes, we are open as usual today. There is only a light dusting of snow, and certainly nothing that would prevent us operating safely as normal.

The Big Pedal at Swaythling Primary

Since March 28th, the number of children cycling or scooting to school at Swaythling Primary has tripled.  The reason is that we are one of only five schools in Southampton to be taking part in The Big Pedal.  This three week nationwide event has been organised by Sustrans which is a charity promoting healthy forms of travel.  Hopefully even after the event is finished a large proportion of our children and parents will continue to cycle or scoot to school each day.  On 13th March we will be having our second visit from the Bike Doctor and Matt Porter will be running another biker's breakfast.  We celebrated the start of The Big Pedal with a Superheroes Day (pictured).